The Caravan Club. The Riviera Touch Grand Tour Wow Croatia!

Well when we got to Croatia so did the bad weather. We were awoken early on monday-well most of the night by storms. Thunder,lightening and hailstones. I lost count after five times of checking things! Many campers lost awnings and things. I was none too pleased when the alarm went off at 0630 for a boat trip of all things! The sea looked rough. Hmm not much fun and the wind...put the trip back an hour said the captain. At this point I was convinced that we were on a suicide mission. Another coffee then and go to the port. We walked there and didn't find the glamorous boat we were expecting but

Some were very concerned about its age but I had already put my trust in the captain because exactly one hour later the wind and storm had stopped as quickly as it had started. Oh boy am I pleased that I went?! It was the most amazing day. We had the boat to ourselves with the captain giving us a commentary. He was lovely. 60"s and 70"s music playing and we were all singing our little socks off. The snapps given as soon as we boarded could have had something to do with it! The crew was his son who didn't stop the entire journey giving us coffees etc. The views and the islands were just wow wow wow. I would put them on a par with the Seychelles! Yes a cleaner more sophisticated Greece. 

We knew that lunch was provided on board and having seen the small galley we had no idea of how this father and son were going to produce any sort of a meal. We stopped and went round an island. We couldn't believe our eyes when we got back to the boat

This is the captain barbecuing!

For all the expensive meals we have had out most people agreed that it was the best meal they have had! Apparently the fish was incredibly fresh. Hats off to this father and son team! The islands..all I can say is it was a day none of us will ever forget

On the way back from the is ads champagne was served! What a top day. We got back at 7pm exhausted but it was unbelievable. I would travel thousands of miles for that day..oh I just did! The boat was 41 years old and built in Venice. I've often wondered what I would do if ever I won the lottery it would be to buy THAT boat and hire that captain and his son every day! This place or rather these islands should be on everyone's bucket list. Croatia itself is OK and things are very cheap and clean but DO NOT come to Croatia without getting on a boat! 

The Caravan Club The Riviera Touch Grand Tour Croatia

Well its all been a little more crazy than normal since we hit Croatia. On Thursday we arrived at king Korana. The area was totally amazing when we could see it through the mud and rain! We would have coped OK but all the other campsites in the area were flooded and came to this one..I have only ever seen anything like this at a motorhome show!

Now if all that lot wasn't bad enough sharing our four toilets and showers in came two coach hotels!

Madness! I expected a load of teenagers to get out of these bus/hotel things but it was full of German pensioners! Enough was enough and a quick call to East Grinstead to advise them of the conditions and we were away ( after a lovely meal of course!) 

Travelling down to camping Galeb was horrendous. It was like 2007 all over again. Storm after storm. We tried putting fuel in the car but all the fuel stations were without electricity! It was all pretty scarey with flooding everywhere. When we got to camping Galeb it was still raining and some of their pitches were flooded but they soon dried up and the sun came out. We found ourselves in a stunning location.

I went to the restaurant to organise an extra meal for us all as after a drive like that there was no way that I was cooking. I was instantly led astray by the Croatians and finished up joining a wedding party! They are mad! They have a party before the bride goes to church as well as a long one afterwards! I don't know what the drink was but it was very nice! Hospitable and very friendly HIC ( I'd only gone to organise a meal!)

OK so the meal was fun thanks to our lack of language skills and it became a fun game of lucky dip! You got literally what you were given! Some of the wedding party spotted me and we gate crashed the wedding party!

Oops us geriatrics behaving badly! They wouldn't let us pay for a single drink. They were such lovely friendly people. It was absolutely great fun. Good luck to the very happy couple ( whoever you are!)

The following morning the sun was out and we have a slightly different scene with members if our group!

Many of us finished the day with a swim in the sea. It was hard to believe it is the sea. It didn't have any waves! It was salty but more like a lake and then just for a change....

Had I not already told you that I had spent the afternoon swimming I could have told you that I spent all afternoon preparing this! Any wonder how much weight I've put on?! Its a real mucky job! The food was spectacular but unlucky for us no one else was getting married! 

Through the night there were even more storms. I suspect the washing didn't dry but its a chill out day and getting organised for our boat trips tomorrow. Croatia is definitely the place for wedding parties. Now where's Villa Black when you need her urgently?! http://www.kamp.galeb.hr/default.aspx?id=40